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yeah, I think whatever process I was using was rounding up the seconds. It would have been trivial to just timescale EURion up another 6 seconds, after all... |
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19 minutes and 54 seconds: minus another 1,000 points!!! Okay, now I'm gonna actually go listen to it... |
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Liked that "One False Move...", Gil? Did you succeed at it?
Got a few great notions again, so the third one will not be long in coming, I think. A tough one. >;-)
On another note, is it possible to see whether a level has been solved by anyone before trying it yourself? Because I get the strong impression, that quite a few of the levels downloaded by the game itself (with option 4) can't be solved at all.
I understand those few levels like "Transponder test" and "Animation test" by Tom, he uses them in game development. No worries.
But why are all those 2x1 levels with a starting point and an exit still in there? Why so many of them? And those levels where you are fried before you make a single move? I can see the joke of one such level, but what is it: 5 of them? 10? What's the use? |
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Whoa, lets not get ahead of ourselves here, I just flung a few lines of text and HTML together, you did all the real work, Tom.
And I scraped together one little level, that can hardly be reckoned rocket science.
Thinking of the game, I thought of some new elements, things I miss:
a White Block, that's basically a gold block, except it triggers buttons and switches if it fetches up against them.
A different on/off set, that can switch electric tiles back on.
A new type of coloured tile, with a corresponding panel, that flips over, whether the colour is in the regular world or in the bizarro world. This would make it possible to control a field of something from a single panel, without using a million hidden bots or being restricted to rough/blocked surface.
Square panels, that control two tiles instead of one.
All of those keep creeping into my design ideas, robbing me of sleep in order to make the idea work without them. |
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7294. NUNU (ip68-230-198-91.rd.hr.cox.net) –
16 Jul 2008 15:43:28
[ BAD SAT SCORES ]
I'm #2 in my class and got the whole extra curricular stuff going on and have a 4.3 GPA but got a 1770 on my sat's out of 2400. is that bad?? I wanna get into DUKE or UVA, maybe an ivy league school.. idk what to do. whats a good way to raise SAT scores?? let me know what u think!!!!!!!! |
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Mazur, you should make an Escape fansite!
Looking at the tile descriptions reminds me that I need to update those to integrate the discussion of bots and bombs. Some of that text is literally 10 years old! |
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So, my second attempt is finished and uploaded, not too difficult yet, I'm just learning, still, but I've also made that HTML page and put it in the website of my PC, so when that is running, it'll be online at:
Host 53569b7e.cable.casema.nl Webpage: escape/escape.html
My first attempt is still under construction, as it's partly a dumping ground of all the silly ideas I get just as I was going to sleep. When it finishes (if ever), you'll know.
You, with the level 20 trouble, you just need to sit down and think what you need to happen in that level, and then look at how you can achieve it. But if you need specific help with a particular snag, you'd need to specify what item in the level is stopping you from going on. Nothing more than that. That would enable us to to give you a hint, perhaps, with the minimum amount of spoiler information so as not to spoil it for anyone else. |
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7283. Anonymous (cpe-24-90-185-233.nyc.res.rr.com) –
15 Jul 2008 18:38:44
[ Bathroom? Mushroom! ]
I almost had a heart attack when I went into a closet to put away a suitcase today and found a two-headed yellow balloon-like mushroom growing at the base of the closet wall. The closet is ajacent to the bathroom and after reading this link I am sure that the problem lies in the bathroom.. I nearly had a heart attack. I have been telling my husband for years now that my allergies and respiratory problems are caused by something in our apt. and now I think I've found the proof. I only wish I could post a picture on this site |
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7281. Jonathan (ip67-154-64-242.z64-154-67.customer.algx.net) –
15 Jul 2008 12:38:54
[ Bathroom? Mushroom! ]
I just had this happen and i think the same thing i poured bleach on it lol good shit man |
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S: this works on average is an okay song, but I feel like it doesn't have enough ideas in it. Also I think parts of the melody are kinda repetitions of old songs, like Drown. I don't dislike it though.
I totally agree about New York. I had some chords ready and I was dicking around and discovered the chorus chords, which I was really excited about so I recorded the whole thing right away so I wouldn't forget. Then I was like, shit, 4 minutes? And the middle part (300 megajoules...) totally drags on forever. Outside an AAD scenario I would have definitely liked to make that song more directed, because I think it's close to being great. Some day I am going to spend some time making an AAD re-do album, where I rework and rerecord some near misses (Aloof, for example) and songs that I've developed better versions of or gotten much better at playing (Japan on Mad, Dr. Light, Permission, ...). But not until I have a pleasant and good-sounding recording process again!
Thanks for listening and for the thoughtful comments!! |
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I didn't know you played official rules of baseball live. Too bad I'm no longer close enough to see it - I don't expect to ever attend a show by anyone else who rhymes song with Zedong. |
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I've just discovered Escape, and naturally I'm hooked. Finished the tutorials, not looking for speedruns yet, and am looking into creating a level of my own.
To that end I have made a primitive HTML page with pngs of all the possible items and the text from escape.txt. Now I'm contemplating where to put the tgz containing all the pngs and the page.
Can you email me, so I can email it to you, Tom, or is your email box so swamped you'd much prefer a different option?
My email address has already been harvested often enough to put it here: mazur@casema.nl |
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Oh shit, you really dislike This Works on Average? It was one of my favorites from CID. I agree, though, that Poison Control is radder.
Hmm, another thought (I think this is more feedback than I've ever given you): I think State of New York could use a bit of guitar soloing, without vocals. Otherwise, it seems to drag a bit because like, you just won't stop singing stuff.
I quite dig the album. You were my top artist on Last.fm last week, and this is your only AAD I have on this computer.
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I've just discovered Escape, and naturally I'm hooked. Finished the tutorials, not looking for speedruns yet, and am looking into creating a level of my own.
To that end I have made a primitive HTML page with pngs of all the possible items and the text from escape.txt. Now I'm contemplating where to put the tgz containing all the pngs and the page.
Can you email me, so I can email it to you, Tom, or is your email box so swamped you'd much prefer a different option?
My email address has already been harvested often enough to put it here: mazur@casema.nl |
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Acoustic Advanced is possible. The main impediment is actually that I have a shortage of frets on the acoustic guitar compared to the electric.
Dr. Light is on the second Taut Blue Quality album. I don't know if I ever posted about that anywhere, but it is online: http://mp3.tom7.org/aad-tbq2/. It has some good songs, I think.
Bouncy Tune, Rules is one of the Hangable Auto Bulb tracks (I think?) that doesn't have a name. Or does it? I don't even know how to describe it other than that. Also I have a slowed down version because I like that record better when played at 33 1/3 rpm. |
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ejg - is not frustrating, just the feeling they act randomly and y loss the tbs feeling, you know, chess like or homm like
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That would be pretty awesome to see, especially considering that aside from As a Deaf Ear you've been pretty consistent as far as song format, arrangement and stuff like that. Other prolific AAD artists (at least Scrap Heap aka Scott/Graue and I) tend to throw in some gimmicky concepts every once in a while to mix things up.
Also, I went on my last.fm to see which Tom 7 songs were my most listened, and the top three (Shithope, Mute Disc and Lawn Sky) were already on that setlist, which is sweet. Advanced would be cool to hear (but would require electricness), and other favorites of mine like Planarian and That Octomer would require backing. I don't recognize Dr. Light Was a Fool, was that released anywhere?
And sort of speaking of last.fm, what's Aphex Twin – Bouncy Tune, Rules that I saw on yours the other day? If you don't know the real name of it I might be able to identify it. |
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A: Agreed. I may very well make a single-track prog/chiptune epic some day, as I think that would be pretty much completely sweet. |
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I think you mean you are your father's daughter.
Oh yeah, I can totally play Testify in Hockey. I forgot about that one. Actually there are some other simple easy ones I forgot about too, like Fake Bulldozer. |
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Tom7! Have you heard I am my father's son and you are a runner by Wolf Parade? I totally think it is a secret theme song from LOST. True? Not True?
Also... I think your hockey song should be on this list but I don't remember the name... Testify in Me? I love that one. It is still one of the only things that I can almost play on guitar.
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jesus somebody please help me with tutorial 20 I feel like an idiot |
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S: Theme from LOST is intended to sound really cliché. This is the joke, really. The "Lost, when you need somebody, Lost, ..." is essentially the same as Homeward Bound (good call; I didn't think of that song particularly), though it resolves differently. (The senseless platitude "When you need somebody" is intended to make clear that this moment of the song is utterly un-fresh, like so many TV themes written by people who haven't even watched the show.) The lead in after "burn somebody's boat" is deliberately pulled straight from the Cheers theme song. I actually wanted the whole song to be these meaningless lyrical and musical clichés but I once I think of a clever lyric I can't help but use it. Now it is in an awkward uncanny valley, true.
I'm into the idea of playing open mic shows. I've done it with Nels for Sick Ridiculous, and I think if I just had a friend coming along for support and beers that I would play some Tom 7 songs pretty much any time. You shouldn't drive X hours though because my songs are like 1 minute long, and the open mic places I know have a 2-song limit, so that's like a 2 minute concert. Maybe if I ever play an actual show, like an opening act; I could get through maybe 20 songs!
The setlist you propose is a little surprising. Nice Piano is pretty much out of the question because it uses a weird partial capo configuration and a weird tuning. (Maybe once they make an acoustic version of that robot tuning guitar. That would be so sweet.) This Works on Average would maybe be the second-to-last song I'd want to play off CID! Shithope is a winner though. My current setlist consists of some set of songs from:
Setlist (ironic. Never posted this song anywhere.)
Mean (usually leading from Setlist, because they are thematically and configurationally related)
Japan On Mad (new version. so much better now.)
Official Rules of Baseball
Based On Your Mario Kart Skills, I'm Not Letting You Drive My Car
Shithope
Beauty Queen Cigarette
Dr. Light Was a Fool
Mute Disc
Poison Control (if I can figure out how to do harmonies..)
Lawn Sky
Plus, if I can plug in my phone for some backing beats, lots of idiot synth stuff like Spring Break Pittsburgh 2006 wooo, Princess of Justice, etc.
Are there other favorites you guys think I should be learning? |
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7253. Tom 7 (h-66-167-250-159.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
12 Jul 2008 09:41:18
[ July facts ]
Yeah, we reset it to be just the local people, mainly because we didn't want to spam you guys. Are you participating, then?
The 5-person limit is annoying for us because we usually have a large cluster-party kind of thing with people wandering in and out. But, the year we ran it was the first year there was any team size limit (4) and I think it was even my idea, so I can't really complain! I just wish we had known earlier, since there was some painful team-reshuffling. |
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7246. Battling the Mushrooms (c-68-47-184-116.hsd1.tn.comcast.net) –
11 Jul 2008 17:34:03
[ Bathroom? Mushroom! ]
i wish i had taken pictures before my wife jerked it out of the KITCHEN floor. our dishwasher has had a bit of a leak for a little while now and sure enough, we had two mushrooms pop up like the one pictured WAAAYYYYY above:D
i am one who has done construction in the past and am going to pull up my entire kitchen floor and relay from subfloor up. i will take pics along the way and attempt to post them here so that others can see what is growing underneath.....LOL
after reading all of the above though i am not quite sure as to which method to use to treat the wood that will be staying under the floors. |
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Yet another very solid AAD, although I have to admit that this seems more of a grower for me rather than the last couple which grabbed me pretty much instantly (although I do have some favorites from this one already). I like how some of the things you mentioned in the post about Theme from the Goog showed up in the title track. And man, if this song-lengthening trend keeps going, sooner or later you're going to be making 20-minute post-rock/chiptune epics or something. Not that that would be bad, that sounds awesome actually.
I'd also travel X hours to go to a Tom 7 show, except currently I am across an ocean so X hours also would mean many dollars. |
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